Contract Game Animator

Mob Entertainment

2d•$63,000 - $106,000•Remote

About The Position

MOB Entertainment is looking for a talented Game Animator to join our team on a contract basis to help bring characters, creatures, and gameplay mechanics to life. You'll work closely with our art, design, and engineering teams to create polished, expressive 3D animations that fit our game's style and feel great in the hands of players.

Requirements

5+ years of experience animating in Autodesk Maya
Ability to match the style and quality bar for a project through consistently high-quality animation
Strong understanding of body mechanics
A keen eye for performance and weight
Experience with creature animation (bipedal and quadrupedal)
Self-motivated with a strong work ethic; able to work collaboratively and inspire a team environment
Creative problem-solving skills and the ability to think beyond established solutions

Nice To Haves

Experience implementing animation directly into a game engine
Experience with animation blend trees and node-based animation editors in a commercial or proprietary game engine

Responsibilities

Collaborate with a team of animators to develop high-quality in-game animations and cinematics
Work from storyboards when provided
Craft strong poses and compelling visual frames that represent the characters and serve the game's design goals
Present work to the team, seek input, and incorporate feedback from leads and teammates
Own your deliverables, managing your goals within milestones and deadlines while maintaining consistent style across the project
Continually refine animation processes throughout production to improve team productivity
Animate a diverse range of compelling, alluring, and fear-inducing creatures and characters that support unique and dynamic gameplay